Delta Ditch Run at Stockton Sailing Club/Richmond Yacht ClubJune 2
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Norcalsailing report featuring Summer Palace:
http://www.norcalsailing.com/entries/2012/06/05/ditchrun2.html#.T-iWoI2Mfqs

Below quoted from Pressure Drop: Drew Scott was helming a F-28.

"My crew is starting to swing around to pick me up when El Raton, in perfect control slides up beside me and asks if I would like to get picked up. They had already doused their chute and stopped beside me. I took their offer and got back into a boat (trying to stop a lightweight trimaran next to someone when it is blowing in the mid-20s is not easy so I figured I would not turn down El Raton.

My crew ably finished the race on Papillon, only one boat behind El Raton! And I had many adventures with El Raton, but that is their story to tell.

So, a great big thank you to the Ray Lotto and the crew of El Raton for pulling my soggy hide out of Suisun Bay!!

Drew Scott
Papillon (most of the time)"
Result
PosBoatTotalRace 1
1El Raton11
2Magic Bus22
3Peaches33
4Scandalous44
5Wile E Coyote55
6Loose Cannon66
7Take Five77
8Ergo88
9Great White99
10Libra1010
11Summer Palace1111
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Author: Ted Lohr - Monster Express #87
Subject: Double Damned 2011 - Hood River OR
Info: (17874 views) Posted: Thursday 8-11-11 12:14:49 PM
I just posted some raw footage from the race. A clip under full chute and then more footage with our Chicken Chute "The Kevorkian"

Sustained 15-17+kts in 30+.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHs83q1InY0

I hope we get some more Express' up for next year's race.

:: The 2011 "Double Damned" Downwind Race will be held
:: August 6th in the Columbia River Gorge. It's a 42 mile
:: Downwinder/Upriver from Cascade Locks Oregon to The
:: Dalles Oregon. It's the Gorge so it's usually Windy (
:: Record is 3:53 - Moore 24 - Morgan Larson in 2009 )
::
:: We would love to have any and all Express' racing. Both
:: Hood River Yacht Club Express' will be racing ( My
:: "Monster Express" #87 and the newly relocated Bessie Jay
:: now known as "Kitchen Remodel") and hope to have a
:: couple more.
::
:: There should be a strong fleet this year with the Moore
:: 24 Nationals the week before in Cascade Locks.
::
:: For more information: www.Hoodriveryachtclub.org

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